Project description:Microarray analyses of laser microdissected murine intestinal epithelial cells under the control of maternal inflammation at 17.5 days post conception demonstrates that maternal inflammation differentially regulates 2174 (iWT) and 3345 (iARE) genes in fetal tissue, but these transcriptional profiles were overwritten in the postnatal environment dominated by tissue inflammation at 8 weeks postnatal. We isolated 50 ng total RNA out of laser microdissected fetal and adult intestinal epithelial cells from the distal ileum and performed microarrays to address whether maternal inflammation programs the fetal intestine towards TNF-driven pathology
Project description:Intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) reside in the epithelial layer to protect against foreign pathogens and maintain epithelial barrier functions in the intestine. The interaction between IELs and epithelial cells is required for their functions; however, the underlying molecular machinery still remains to be elucidated. Here, we found that intestinal epithelium-specific deficiency in a clathrin adaptor protein (AP)-1B, which regulates the basolateral protein sorting, led to the massive reduction of IELs. Quantitative proteomics demonstrated that dozens of proteins, including known IEL-interacting proteins—E-cadherin, Btnl2, and Plexin B2—decreased in the basolateral membrane of AP-1B-deficient epithelial cells. Among the downregulated proteins, CD166 is included. CD166 interacted with CD6 on the surface of induced IELs. CD166 knockdown using shRNA in intestinal organoid culture significantly inhibited the recruitment of IELs to an epithelial layer. These data suggest that basolateral sorting by AP-1B is indispensable for maintaining IELs in the epithelial layer and survival of IELs.
Project description:G. lamblia is a fecal-oral transmitted human enteropathogenic protozoan with extremely high incidence in endemic areas in Africa and Asia particularly in the infant population. It homes to the proximal small intestine and induceses diarrhea and malabsoption. Here we established a novel murine G. lamblia infection model and analyzed the tissue and epithelial response and downstream microbial and metabolic effects in the adult host.
Project description:To establish better understanding of specific epithelial cells found across different regions of the small intestine in pigs, we utilized single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) to recover and analyze epithelial cells from duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. Cells identified included crypt cells, enterocytes, BEST4 enterocytes, goblet cells, and enteroendocrine (EE) cells. Overall, results provide new information on regional localization and transcriptional profiles of epithelial cells in the pig small intestine.
Project description:Microarray analyses of laser microdissected murine intestinal epithelial cells under the control of maternal inflammation at 17.5 days post conception demonstrates that maternal inflammation differentially regulates 2174 (iWT) and 3345 (iARE) genes in fetal tissue, but these transcriptional profiles were overwritten in the postnatal environment dominated by tissue inflammation at 8 weeks postnatal. We isolated 50 ng total RNA out of laser microdissected fetal and adult intestinal epithelial cells from the distal ileum and performed microarrays to address whether maternal inflammation programs the fetal intestine towards TNF-driven pathology Conventionally raised heterozygous TnfM-NM-^TARE/+ and Tnf+/+ wild type mice on C57BL/6 background were used for this study. Female Tnf+/+ wild type (WT) mice were bred with male TnfM-NM-^TARE/+ (ARE) mice and vice versa, generating offspring from healthy WT dams (WT and ARE) and inflamed ARE dams (iWT and iARE). On day 17.5 post conception (dpc) and 8 weeks postnatal the fetuses and offspring were sacrificed.The gut was freshly frozen in Optimal Cutting Temperature (O.C.T.) embedding compound (Sakura Finetek, Torrance, USA) on dry ice and stored at -80M-BM-0C until laser microdissection.
Project description:Adult Ovarian Surface Epithelium (OSE) retains the ability to undergo Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT). We established a cell culture of murine adult OSE in their epithelial state, and we induced EMT by modifying their culture conditions. In this experiment we compare the transcriptional profile of the OSE before and after EMT. Experiment Overall Design: Each of three different cultures of mouse OSE in their epithelial phenotype is split in two: one half is kept epithelial, the other half is cultured under conditions that induce the cells to undergo EMT. After one week the EMT process is complete (as assessed morphologically and biochemically) and the transcriptional profiles of the cells in their respective phenotypes are compared.
Project description:Epithelial specific disruption of centrioles but not cilia results in severe phenotype in the lung but not in the intestine. Compare gene expression in lung and small intestine of control (ShhCre Cenpj+/lox), epithelial centriole disrupted (ShhCre Cenpj-/lox), and epithelial cilia disrupted (ShhCre Ift88-/lox).
Project description:Despite the crucial function of the small intestine for nutrient uptake our understanding of the molecular events underlying the digestive function is very rudimentary. For example, it has only recently become evident that not all absorbed triacylglycerol (TAG) is immediately secreted in the form of chylomicrons (CM) by enterocytes. Instead, especially after high-fat challenges, parts of the re-synthesized TAG can be packaged into cytosolic lipid droplets (CLD) for transient storage in the endothelial layer of the small intestine. The reasons for this intermediate storage of TAGs are currently not completely understood. Several mechanisms, including alleviating lipotoxicity to enterocytes, limits in the rate of CM assembly or smoothening of the post-prandial peaks of blood hypertriglyceridemia have been suggested to explain this intermediate storage of TAG in CLD. Interestingly, rather than being evenly distributed across the small intestine, the proximal jejunum exhibits the highest TAG storage and CM secretion. Once stored in CLD, lipids are either remobilized in the inter-prandial phase or by various stimuli, e.g. a sequential meal containing either lipids or glucose. After remobilization, a triglyceride peak can be observed in the form of plasma CM well before lipids from the second meal have been digested in the intestinal lumen. To synthesize CM with lipids from CLD, CLD TAG have to be hydrolyzed to be transported across the ER membrane which can either be achieved by cytoplasmic TAG lipolysis or lipophagy. We hypothesize that correlating enzymatic activities of hydrolases with the reported distribution of TAG storage and chylomicron secretion in different sections of the small intestine is a promising strategy to pinpoint the key players in TAG remobilization. To rank hydrolases based on their relative activity in the different sections of the small intestine we have harnessed a serine hydrolase specific activity-based labeling strategy to label active hydrolases in freshly harvested enterocytes. Enrichment of activity labeled enzymes over control samples and abundance of enriched hydrolases from individual small intestine sections was analyzed using quantitative proteomics, resulting in a ranking of the most active hydrolases in 11 fractions of murine small intestine. Moreover, several clusters of enzymes showing similar activity distribution along the small intestine were identified.